Read the personal statement question carefully and analyze what it is asking for Visualize your audience: will this be read by a scientist? A physician? An administrator? Make yourself as desirable to ...

Before completing your thesis statement, ask yourself: Is your essay’s major claim complex? Is it insightful? Is it surprising or unexpected? Does your thesis respond to a question, tension or problem ...

Write one statement, one command, one question and one exclamation. You can write about anything you like: yourself, what you can see in the room around you or outside the window. Or, you could ...